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lucifer
on March 13, 2010
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" If someone makes factual errors in their post downvoting is a perfectly valid signal, for instance."
Reply with the facts as you understand them.
philwelch
on March 13, 2010
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I usually do. But the downvotes work as a signal to the people reading the thread, just as they're meant to.
cookiecaper
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I think that's interesting but sad when a person makes a good-faith effort to help out, because it deducts from that person's karma even though they don't really deserve a punishment for trying to help.
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Reply with the facts as you understand them.